Wrench



Patented lli/lar. Ztl, 19123.

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WRENCH.

Application filed November 26, 1921. Serial No. 518,068.

To all fio/wm it may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM Hneiins, a citizen of the United States,residing in .flunedale, in the county or" Carbon and State otPennsylvania, have invented a new and uset'ul Wrench, of which thefollowing is a specification.

` rThis invention relates to wrenchesand has special reference to anautomobile socket wrench,

Une important object of the invention is to improve the generalconstruction of de vices of this character.

second important object ot the invention is to provide an improvedwrench especially adapted :for use in cramped places Otten found inconstructing or repairing automobiles. j

.4i third important object oit the invention is to provide an improvedwrench having a novel arrangement of shank wherein one part of the shankis hinged to the other.

TWith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of Construction and combinations ofparts hereinafter fully described, ilustrated in the accompanyingdrawings7 and specifically claimed. V

in the accompanying drawings, like characters oit reference indicatelike parts in the several views, andv Figure 1 is a view in elevation ofthe improved wrench. A

Figure 2 is a second view in elevation taken at right-angles to Figure1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line I-L lFigure 1 is a face view of thesocket.

Figure 5 is a section on the line lll-H. j

Figure 6 is a view of the end of the wrench opposite the socket,

in carrying` out the objects oit 'this invention there is provided whatmay be termed a lower shank 10 which is enlarged at its end. as :it l1and is provided with a socket 12 oi the usual square or hexagonal crosssection. rThe upper end of this shank portion is enlarged as at 13 andprovided with an open# ing 1e through it so that this enlarged end'forms an eye. ln connection with this lower shank portion there isprovided an upper shank portion 15 which is forked at its i connection.

lower end to provide jaws 16 which embrace ythe portion 13 of the lowershank and fit closely thereon. @ne or the jaws 16 is pro- 'vided with anopening 17 and the other jaw is provided with an opening 18 which is'screw threaded so that a bolt 19 may be passed through the openings 17and 14 and engaged in the opening 18. By this means a hinge joint:termed between the sections 10 and 15. The upper end of the section 15.is provided with a square 2O for the reception oi'.2 any suitablewrench whereby the tool may be turned. r

`i`L `rom the construction which is set forth it will be obvious thatthe portions 10 and 15 may, whenever desired, be arranged at angles toeach other as indicated by the dash and dot lines in Figure 2, theselines show ing two portions of the shank 10 with relation to the shank15. it will be obvious that many other portions may be used in this Bymeans of this hingeA arrangement the wrench maybe operated in 'closepositions and, the portion 15 may, in

seine `instances be used as handle for turn* ing the wrench.

`There has thus been provided a simple and ethoient device of the kinddescribed and Yfor the purposes speciiied.

lt is obvious that minor changes may be inane in the 'torni andconstruction of the invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. lt is not therefore desired to conline the inventionto the exact forni herein shown and described, but itis wished toinclude all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1n awrench et the kind described, having a two-'pieced shank, with a hingejoint connecting said two pieces, an enlarged head on the tree end ofone piece provided with a socket adapted telit a nut, an enlarged eye onthe other end; a forked end on one piece7 the opposite end having asquare formed to receive an operating tool; said eye being receivedbetween the arms of the fork, a bolt passingthrough one arm and said eyeand screwed through the other arni of the fork.

WVM. HUGHES.

